| Table 18. | NORTH CAROLINA | Cotton insect losses - 1997 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost/acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Boll/budworms | 695000 | 678000 | 1.980 | $8.75 | $17.33 | 5.300 | 92088 |
| Pink bollworm | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 695000 | 8000 | 0.013 | $6.20 | $0.08 | 0.500 | 8688 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Spider Mites | 120000 | 10000 | 0.017 | $13.20 | $0.23 | 0.199 | 3450 |
| Thrips, early season | 695000 | 360000 | 0.725 | $5.70 | $4.13 | 1.500 | 26063 |
| Beet Armyworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Fall Armyworms | 230000 | 40000 | 0.058 | $12.20 | $0.70 | 1.026 | 17825 |
| European Cornborers | 350000 | 1000 | 0.002 | $8.95 | $0.02 | 0.252 | 4375 |
| Stink Bugs | 695000 | 2000 | 0.003 | $8.95 | $0.03 | 0.470 | 8166 |
| Grasshoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 695000 | 18000 | 0.026 | $5.00 | $0.13 | 0.100 | 1738 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Soybean Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cabbage Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | n/a | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost/Acre | |||||||
| foliar insecticide | $22.64 | ||||||
| Percent Lost: | 9.35 | est. Yield per acre: | 595 | at planting | $12.87 | ||
| Harvested acres | 675000 | Bt use fees | $1.02 | ||||
| Total acres | 695000 | cost + loss : | $81,680,952 | eradication | $3.60 | ||
| Total Bales lost | 162391 | cost + Loss/acre: | $117.53 | scouting | $4.50 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $50,666,070 | TOTAL | $44.63 | ||||